Visor



July 8, 194 1.

O. BLODJER VISOR Filed Feb. 1, 1959 I mvzmon OlavBlodjel' ATTORN EYPatented July 8, 1941 UNITED stir-rs s ears-ar- ()FFICE VISOR OlavBlodjer, Stockton, c m. v Application February 1, 1939, Serial-No.254,039

10 Claims.

. This invention relates in general to improvements in hat or capsupported Visors and in particular the invention constitutesimprovements and simplifications over the visor shown in my UnitedStates Letters Patent No. 2,138,086 issued November 29, 1938.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide an integral,transparent extension visor of the same general type as shown in theabove identified patent, but embodying certain novel features relatingto the securing of the extension visor in connection with the permanentvisorof the hat or cap.

Another object of the invention is to provide an extension visor of thetype described which does not include any separate attaching clips orthe like; the visor being formed substantially as a one piece article.

A further object of the invention is to produce a simple, inexpensive,and light-weight device and yet one which will be exceedingly effectiveforthe purpose for which :it is designed.

These objects I- accomplish by mean of such structureand relativearrangement of .parts as willfully appear-by a perusal of the followingspecification and claims.

In the drawing similar characters of reference indicate correspondingparts in the several views:

Figure l is a perspective view of a hat with the improved extensionvisor attached on the visor thereof.

Figure -2 is' a front elevation of the improved extension visor.

Figure 3-is a top plan view of the device as attached on a hat or capvisor.

Figure 4 is a front elevation of a modified form of the device.

Referring now more particularly to the characters of reference on thedrawing, and at present to the device shown in Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive,the numeral l indicates an elongated panel of transparent material suchas Celluloid, or the like, and which is flexible but resilient. At itsends this panel I is provided with rearwardly curved and thence inturnedwings 2; said wings being preformed in such position relative to thepanel. As is obvious, the panel I and wings 2 are formed from a singlesheet of material.

The upper edge 3 of panel I curves upwardly intermediate its ends andadjacent such edge the panel is slit substantially from end to end as at4 the slit 4 being parallel to edge 3. Intermediate its ends the slit 4includes matching serrated edges 5, while at its ends the slit isinlike,

creased in width to form slots rounded at their outer end as at 6. v

The wings} are slotted inward horizontally iromtheir freeends, as at 1,these slots being of substantial depth-and disposed in approximately thesame plane asslit 4 The slots 1 are edged, if

desired, withfriction" strips '8 of rubber or the like.

' In use, the brim or visor B of a hat H or the is inserted through slit4 in the extension visor panel I until the edges'of the hat visor 9 areengaged substantially in enlarged end portions 6 of the slit; suchinsertion being accomplished by separation of the material along theedges of the slit in a direction transversely of the panel. The enlargedand rounded portions 6 not only permit the edges of the hat visor toextend to the ends of the slit 4 but also assure against splitting ofthe panel beyond said ends. The serrated edges 5 grip the hat visor onboth sides and act to prevent the extension visor panel from sliding onor escaping from said hat visor.

At the time panel I is disposed in the above position, the wings 2 aredrawn apart against their resiliency and are snapped into straddlingengagement with the. hat visor, a portion of which is then frictionallyengaged in each of the wing slats I. When the wings are so engaged withthe hat visor, they remain under a certain tension. See Fig. 3 whereinthe hat visor engaging position of the wines is shown in full lines andtheir initial position in dotted lines. As so attached, the extensionvisor is stable and firmly secured in place.

The material from which the device is made is of course transparent, butis preferably shaded or colored to-prevent glare in a persons eyes.

The device is of particular value to persons such as farmers, motorists,and skiers, who are subiected to wind and glare. The device is readilyattached to or removed from a hat or cap, and when in place causes noinconvenience as it is light-weight, and further, does not contact apersons face.

The modification shown in Fig. 4 is similar in construction and includesa panel la, and the integral slotted Wings 211 preformed in the samemanner as wings 2 in the previously described embodiment. However, slit4 is eliminated and in place thereof the upper edge of panel la iscurved as shown and provided with a laterally extending flange 9.Inwardly projecting fingers H], of relatively short length, are formedwith the ends of the panel and are disposed above the end portions ofsaid upper edge of the panel whereby to form opposed open ended slotsII.

In this embodiment, the hat visor, at aech side thereof, is engaged notonly in the slotted and tensioned wings but also in slots 10; the flange9 resting against the underside of the hat visor and stabilizing theextension visor and particularly its panel la.

I claim:

1. A one-piece extension visor for hats and the like, said visorcomprising an elongated panel of resilient material, said panel having alongitudinal slit therethrough adjacent its upper edge and preformedintegral Wings on the ends of the panel, said wings extending rearwardlyand inwardly at an acute angle to the panel; there being a relativelynarrow slot in each wing from the free end thereof and in substantiallythe same plane as the slit in the panel.

2. A one-piece extension visor for hats and the like, said visorcomprising an elongated panel of resilient material, said panel having aslit therethrough adjacent upper edge, the slit curving upwardintermediate its ends whereby to conform to the curvature of a hat'visoradapted to engage through said slit, and preformed integral wings on theends of the panel and extending rearwardly therefrom; there being arelatively narrow slot in each wing from its free end and insubstantially the same plane as the ends of the arcuate slit in thepanel.

3 A one-piece extension visor comprising a panel having a longitudinalslit adapted to receive a hat visor therethrough, and preformed entegralwings extending. rearwardly from the ends of the panel in resilientrelation thereto; the wings being adapted to be sprung apart andengaged, under tension, with the hat visor at opposed points rearwardlyof the panel when said hat visor is projected through the slit and theperipheral edge of the hat visor engages the ends of the slit.

4. An extension visor as in claim 3 in which the wings are slottedinwardly from their free ends to a termination short of the panel; thehat visor being adapted to engage in said slots with its edge engagingsaid slot terminations when the wings are so tensioned.

5. An extension visor comprising an elongated panel of resilientmaterial, integral wings extending rearwardly and inwardly at an acuteangle to the panel, said wings having slots cut therein from their freeends and inwardly projecting fingers overlying and spaced. from the endportions of the upper edge of the panel; there being a relatively narrowflange extending along said upper edge of the panel and at substantiallyright angles thereto.

6. An extension visor for a hat comprising a panel adapted to dependfrom the hat visor and formed with opposed horizontally alined slot-likeopenings to receive the hat visor at laterally opposed points thereof,and the ends of the panel preformed as wings extending rearwardly inresilient relation to the remainder of the panel; the wings beingadapted to be sprung apart and engaged under tension with the hat visorrearwardly of the panel when the openings in the latter are engaged withsaid hat visor.

7. An extension visor for a hat comprising a panel adapted to dependfrom the hat visor and formed with opposed horizontally alined slot-likeopenings to receive the hat visor at laterally opposed points thereof,and the ends of the panel being preformed as wings extending rearwardlyfrom the remainder of the panel at an inward acute angle thereto; therebeing a relatively narrow slot in each wing extending from the free endthereof and in substantially the same plane as said panel openings.

8. An extension visor for hats and thelike, said visor comprising anelongated panel of flexible and resilient material, said panel beingslit longitudinally intermediate its ends; the edges of the slit for aportion of its length being formed with matching serrations.

9. An extension visor for hats and the like, said visor comprising anelongated panel of flexible and resilient material, said panel beingslit longitudinally intermediate its ends; and the material along andfor a substantial portion of the length of the edges of the slit beinginitially in substantial edge to edge engagement whereby upon separationof the material along the slit in a direction transversely of the panel,a hat visor may be projected through said slit and frictionally engagedby said material; said slit being increased in width at its ends to formslots to receive the edges of a hat visor.

10. A one piece extension visor for hats and the like comprising anelongated transparent panel formed intermediate its ends with alongitudinal slit adjacent but spaced from its upper edge, the materialalong and for a substantial portion of the length of the slit beinginitially in substantial edge to edge engagement, said slit beingincreased in width at its ends to form slots, and the edges of the slitbetween said slots being formed with matching serrations; the ends ofthe panel outwardly of said ends of the slit being preformed as wingsextending rearwardly in resilient relation and at an inward acute anglerelative to the remainder of the panel, there being a relatively narrowslot in each wing extending from the free end thereof in substantiallythe same plane as said slit.

OLAV BLODJER.

